Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-02-01
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HiuoRY BE,RrSG uroS rur sank'
Thi. pond 1, said TO have been nsm,d
for one whitney. from the eireum''anes
Of HI. death and burial on IL westerly
.hor- sboa, the year 1857. The local
tradition regarding the death Of Whit
nsy, /. Ia substance. iha, he with two OF
three companions from Duns,able. Mass
were hunting and trapping IN the ,iein'
| i,y Of the pond aud having a camp o'
~iswAm on the shore Of the pond. The
pond has IL. outlet into the AndrO'eos
gin River through What u known A'
"whi,nsy Brook OF "Mlll Btcok.
Going down thi. brook 70 examine their
uap., they were attacked by party OF
Indians. near where the brook di.ehars.
q. n. water. into the Androscogsin. and
Whitney va, badly wounded. Hl, COM
panion. lied aud escaping from the In
disn., arrived safely a. their home. IA
Dun.,able. where raising force deemed
.ufhcien, for the purpose, they returned
TO ascertain the fate q their companion
Whitney and TO panish the Indians who
bad attacked them. Arriving al the
camp by the pond IN the evening isi-
light. and mi.iAking Whitney. who after
the flgki Of hi, companions had mAnsg-
ed TO escape from the lndian, and make
| bis way back 10 III. camp. foF an Indian.
one of the party fred upon hin. wound.
ing him morislly. lie lived but short
time. but long enough 10 forgive the 'of.
rowfal friend Who had hred the fatal
.ko, and 10 inform the party lha, ha'ins
recovered. OF nearly %. from the wound
be had received from the Indians. be had
intended 10 ,,ar, on hi. return TO Dan'-
table on The neu day. lii, remain.
were buried rear the camp aud eAiin
vas ereeisd over bis remains TO marx
the spot. The place Of burial which u
upon the westerly shore Of ihs Pond and
upon a poia, Of land formed by The
.kore Of the Pond and the Thompson
brook, 90 called. !. ,,ill poin,ed oai TO
strangers visiting the locality. The
foregoing i, very ssArly the uAdlilon
bu, the following extract from the HIS
tory Of Temple. y. II regafdIns the az
fair Of the visit 20 Csn,oa by Whitney
and other. carrie. With l, whAl seem, an
Appearance OF aatAenne history. u Is
called
"ruE STORY a. MAJ. rruRAiN nEAiD
WONDERFUL rsc,rE rRpN riiE
fNpiANs ~ CANTON. siiNt,
and /, A. follows: "Jas, before the
city Of Qasbse va. taken by the Easli'A
in 1889 Ephfsim Head IN 1851 b'ins
then .boa, p years old. IN company
with two other young men, nne named
whi,ney. the other Reed. ~sni from
Dun.,atlc, y. III and Massachusetts, TO
the saeo River. and thence 20 The An'
dro.eossia Coz. the pufPo'e Of obtaining
Indi.n ,ealp,. fof every oae Of Which a
prir. OF bounty Of one thousand dollars
| had been offered by the governmsn''
They arrived A. the Andfo'aoggin just
At nish,f.ll. and discovered fire aud a
birch bark canoe on the bank Of The
river. probably on vhsii' no" The War
rem wsrd place There were 20 indians
10 De seen bat on the suppo'l,ion that
,hsy would return In the morning. they
the ,c5n,.l though, /, bs,, 10 withdraw
10 the o,ser ,ile OF the hill prob.
ably the hill between the plne woods road
and the Fr,neh road And there remain
until early the mex, day. "hen they
mi,A, be able TO take the indians by
surprise. Before day break The neat day
the ,eoa,. started 70, the river, but by
won, calculation, on their PoinI oioon'
pas. they ehancsd 10 stumble on the NV
er much sooner than they had expected.
and ia.,ead Of their discovering the In.
dl.n.. the Indian. discovered them and
Cred upon them. Reed dropped dead
aud Whitney was wounded 10 The thigh.
Head fred and killed oae Indian. when
the two Others took after him with their
,omahawk.: he ran down the river and
was gaining oa them when hi' progress
W.. arrested By deep rivulei which
flowed into the river. Not being able to
swim he va. obliged 20 ,afa back ana
run the gsun,le, OF them BOTH % to
sneak. When he came ia range between
them. he struck his toe ssAia', ,nas
and fell, the Indians ,hro~lng Their
,omahawh just over bis head. The
M.io, .pr.ns to hi, fee, aud tan around
hill. while the Indians were picking up
their tomahawk.. lie gained time to load
hi, piece and gs, bshind uee Tor pro-
lection. The redskins pefesiying that be
~a,,are 20 kill one Of them II they iol-
lowed UP any closer, gave uP the chase
Head then started for the Saeo, which
was two days travel be came 20 stream
Of water about forty rods ia width. Here
again no. being able TO swim aud there
being no ford-way for several miles IN
each direction he CT, poles and w''h''
and constructed a raft. lie had gone
only half way across. whea a 'adden gale
drove him back to land. his rAf hs'iag
come to pieces meantime. 90 that be Was
Obliged TO hold il together by dln' o'
| living fla, down upoa IL. this making bis
hand. aud feet serve for wi,hes. Reach.
ing the shore he had to travel around
the body Of water, probably some Poadl
Reaching the saeo safely, he returned 70
Dun.,able in order TO geI assistance and
20 in search Of Whitney. Fifteen men
volunteered aud started oil immediately
Ia few days they came across hi, wig
wan the noise Of their footsteps In the
leaves awoke him from the sleep he was
in, and starting up under the imPre''ior
that the Indians were upon him. h'
seized hi. gun. oae Of the company ais
under false impression IS to the char
scler Of Whitney. supPosing him to b
an Indi.u, fired a, first sight and mortal
| ly wounded him; he lived about tive
hours. The party found the body o
Reed and were Afforded the melancholy
satisfaction Of pa,,ing them 10th IN on'
grave"
It is probable ths, more time el.p,e'